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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

10,000 Birds

Experience shows that bird parents do feed babies in makeshift nests reattached to tree branches, bushes, gutters, and even tree cavity sections duct taped to another tree. A parent bird’s instinct to feed and protect their young is very strong, and they will not willingly abandon their babies. Gone from nest for several hours.

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Journeys With Emperors: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

He leaves enchanted by two mammals, the Emperor Penguin and the Weddell Seal, the only mammals who totally live their whole lives, year-round, in the Antarctic. They are excellent science writers, patiently explaining the physiological processes involved in deep diving in penguins, seals, and human.

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